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RSL’s May 22 auction: Premier mechanical bank collection of Richard C. Stevens tops roster!
TIMONIUM, Md. – Few categories of antique toys have been as consistently “bankable” over the past few decades as banks themselves, especially cast-iron mechanicals. And nothing brings out the collectors faster than news of a great collection coming onto the market, says mechanical bank specialist and RSL Auction co-owner Ray Haradin, who speaks from long […]
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more-than-dolls.com
If you love wooden dolls, you will adore http://www.more-than-dolls.com/. The actual CollectOS-Site-of-the-Week is an online shop located in Germany, but shipping ...
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1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen
This is the car that started it all! Designed by Karl Benz, it was the first motor vehicle ever ...
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Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles 2010 Price Guide
Most of us have at least one “old” item that looks like it could be an antique, and most certainly ...
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Antiques Roadshow visits Blackpool Tower
The Antiques Roadshow visits Blackpool with Fiona Bruce. They came to Blackpool Tower ballroom in 2009 and looked at an ...
Antique Black Forest 5 ft Musical Hunter Cuckoo Clock C. 1880-1890
This is a excellent example of a monster carved BF cuckoo clock. For more great clocks in that collection please check ...
Events
Familiar Face in New Position to Bolster International Society of Appraisers Education Efforts(CHICAGO, IL) – Leon Castner, Ph. D., ISA, CAPP, has been appointed to the newly created post of Director of Education. But Castner is hardly a new face in the ISA. He has been a member of America’s largest appraiser association since its founding thirty years ago. He is now directing his attention to revising […]
Auctions
Rare Character and Transportation Toys : Toymaker’s Toy Collection Hits the Block April 16-17, 2010 at Bertoia AuctionsVINELAND, N.J. – The dreams of thousands of toy collectors worldwide have come true since last March when Bertoia’s launched a semiannual series of auctions to disperse the renowned Donald Kaufman Collection. Last September when the hammer fell on the closing lot for part II of the series, the incomparable collection of American, European and […]
About Collecting
Import restrictions: Time to act!The U.S. State Department has announced a date of May 6-7 for Cultural Property Advisory Committee hearings on the request for renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with Italy. Hopefully your eyes are not already glazed over by this first sentence. In practical terms, the U.S. government is about to decide whether antiquities and other […]
Household and Kitchen
Vintage Red and White Tin Kitchen Collectibles: Post War FavoritesKitchens Changed in the 1940s Into Family Gathering Places
If you visit my shop “Kitsch N Stuff” you will see that I am very fond of red kitchen collectibles. I love color combinations of red and white, red and yellow, red and green, red and black… colors associated with the postwar kitchen of the 1940s and […]
Antiques
Import restrictions: Time to act!The U.S. State Department has announced a date of May 6-7 for Cultural Property Advisory Committee hearings on the request for renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with Italy. Hopefully your eyes are not already glazed over by this first sentence. In practical terms, the U.S. government is about to decide whether antiquities and other […]
Toys
Rare Character and Transportation Toys : Toymaker’s Toy Collection Hits the Block April 16-17, 2010 at Bertoia AuctionsVINELAND, N.J. – The dreams of thousands of toy collectors worldwide have come true since last March when Bertoia’s launched a semiannual series of auctions to disperse the renowned Donald Kaufman Collection. Last September when the hammer fell on the closing lot for part II of the series, the incomparable collection of American, European and […]
Vintage Advertising
Using Funky Old Candy Racks As Fixtures in Antique ShopsOld candy and bakery racks make great colorful displays in all types of stores, especially in an antique shop. While many antique dealers are accustomed to buying or acquiring used glass showcases and shelving from other dealers, here is another option which may liven up your dealer space. Look for funky metal advertising racks to […]
Arts
Whimsical Art by Kevin Georgehi to the folks at collectos.com
im a designer - illustrator - and storyteller in pictures
looking for places to place my work
I do whimsical art ( originals and prints) that are family and children friendly. and whimsical home decore
one site below, will give a good idea of my work.
The designs and art works can be presented […]
Business
The World’s Most Famous Stamp Shop Undergoes Refurbishment399 Strand, the home of stamp and collectibles dealers Stanley Gibbons, is undergoing a complete refurbishment of its world famous shop in time for the London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition being held in May.
Work started on 4th February to expand the retail area with better, clearer displays, dedicated seating for stamp viewing and interactive information […]
